Kathy Chung served as Biden's administrative assistant in VP's office
Identified as meeting with law enforcement in classified document probe
She may have 'inadvertently been involved' in documents scandal
Laptop emails reveal Hunter Biden helped connect her to the job
Hunter Biden was involved in recruiting the aide who has been publicly identified as a 'person of interest' in the Joe Biden documents probe, it was reported Thursday.
She told associates she is 'distressed' that she may have 'inadvertently been involved in moving or storing classified material' that a Biden lawyer later uncovered at the Penn Biden Center in November, the Washington Post reported.
The discovery of the documents kicked off the hunt for more classified material in Biden's possession – and ultimately led to the appointment of a special counsel, and a probe that has exasperated White House aides and forced them to explain comparisons to the raid at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
Hunter Biden is seen driving his father's classic Corvette Stingray. The car was stored in the same garage where a Biden lawyer discovered documents marked classified were being stored
Biden repeatedly ignores questions over classified documents
Chung's was the only name that appeared in the first report of multiple aides who have spoken to law enforcement.
The news comes as a former Obama White House official urged Biden to admit to sloppy handling of classified information to try to gain control over the spiraling situation.
And a newly surfaced photo from Hunter's infamous laptop appears to show the president's son driving the classic Corvette Stingray outside the same Wilmington home where the car – and documents marked 'classified' – were being stored.
Chung, who now serves as deputy director of protocol for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, was identified by sources as having helped pack up Biden's belongings when he left the White House in 2017.
About 10 documents, including some reportedly with 'top secret' markings, were discovered inside a closet in the Penn Biden Center, a DC think tank that provided a home for Biden after he left the vice presidency – along with a salary that totaled $900,000 over three years.
Chung was an assistant in the Senate Office of the Vice President, after working for a trio of influential senators, including...